A  B  D  E  C#m 
 
1 1 2 2 
 
                  1                         1 
I am the assassin,  with tongue forged from eloquence 
                  2                2 
I am the assassin,  providing your Nemesis 
       F#          E 
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend 
          B               A 
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend 
        E                                                      F# 
No incantations of remorse, my friend, unsheathe the blade within the voice 
           1 
My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend 
 
1        2         2 
I am the assassin, assassin, assassin 
 
      1 
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 
      1 
Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare 
    2 
Who gouged the notches from the family tree 
    2 
Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance 
 
 
F#   E     B    A          E          F# 
Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing 
 
Listen to the blade 
 
E 
 
B              E  B  F#  E  B  A  E  F# 
Feel the blade 
 
3 
 
4 
 
Bm                 A                          G              A 
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision 
Bm               A                 G                A 
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision 
Bm            A            G                A 
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption 
Bm                A                G             A          B 
Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin's fervour 
 
B             E                D 
  Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell 
    C#m                  B 
The creed of tempered diction 
 
My friend, your friend, the assassin 
          E 
My friend,  your friend, the assassin 
D 
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 
C#m 
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 
           B 
Let bitter silence infect the wound 
           D 
Let bitter silence infect the wound 
 
 
I am the assassin, my friend 
         F# 
I am the assassin, my friend 
         G 
I am the assassin, my friend 
  A 
I am assassin 
 
2  2 
 
           1 
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 
1 
Parading a Hollywood conscience 
           2 
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 
   2                                             1 
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 
          1                     2                 2 
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector 
            
       F#         E 
So you resign yourself to failure, my friend 
       B         A 
And I emerge the chilling stranger, my friend 
      E 
To eradicate the problem, my friend 
                      F#                         E 
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, within the voice 
    B      A                 E     F# 
Within the voice, within the voice 
 
                                                          B C#m 
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway,     my friend?  
 
 
Measure 1: 
 
e|-|--------| 
B|-|--------| 
G|-|---6--4-| 
D|-|--6--4--| 
A|-|-4--4---| 
E|-|--------| 
 
Measure 2: 
 
e|-|--------| 
B|-|--------| 
G|-|---4--2-| 
D|-|--4--2--| 
A|-|-2--2---| 
E|-|--------| 
 
Measure 3: 
 
e|-|-----------------------------------| 
B|-|-----------------------------------| 
G|-|---6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6-| 
D|-|--6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6--| 
A|-|-4--4-----2--2-----4--4-----6--6---| 
E|-|-----------------------------------| 
 
Measure 4: 
 
e|-|-------------| 
B|-|-------------| 
G|-|-------------| repeated as 
D|-|-------------|  necessary 
A|-|-------------| 
e|-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-|